This course serves as
an introduction to the teacher preparation program in Belize. It is a beginning social foundations course
for first year students who are considering teaching as a profession and who
are seeking better understanding about the complexity and importance of
education. This course will provide
students with an introduction to the field of education, focusing primarily on
the nature and importance of the teaching profession, and discuss the current challenges
and requirements for the profession. It
will enable students to explore the historical, social, cultural, philosophical,
and technological foundations of education in Belize. It provides the
opportunity for students to be introduced to and become conversant with the current documents which outline our
Education Rules and understand them in the light of legislative authority.
Education Department Welcome to Internship for the 2024 Academic Year!
Congratulations to you as an intern in your pursuit of the Associate of Arts in Primary Education. As you embark on this final round of your program, this Moodle portal has been
prepared to be used as a guide that will provide valuable support during this
phase of your teacher education program.
It is hoped that the internship experience will allow you an opportunity to
develop competence in your professional practice as you learn to associate
teaching-learning theory that is applicable in the classroom setting and as you
learn to examine your own practice.All the best!
Study Skills aims to help students identify and use
effective learning strategies through the application of practical skills to
become effective learners. The course shows students how to create and use
study systems, think critically, become active readers/listeners, and use effective techniques to manage time and organize information for
understanding and efficient retrieval. In this course, students will learn how
to identify and use their learning styles to achieve expertise in their content
area and to apply these skills to their current and future education and career
pursuits....More
College Mathematics
for Primary Teachers II is a Math content course designed to promote a
thorough understanding of the mathematics that teachers should know in order to
be qualified to teach at the primary school level. This course builds on what was covered in College Mathematics for Elementary Teachers
I. The course will ensure that all student teachers acquire sufficient
knowledge and competence to prepare them to teach mathematics effectively in
the Belizean Primary School system. This
math course surveys many relevant topics including algebra, statistics,
probability, consumer arithmetic, and transformation geometry.
College Mathematics for Primary Teachers I is a Math
content course designed to promote a thorough understanding of the mathematics
that teachers should know in order to be qualified to teach at the primary
school level. The course will ensure that all student teachers acquire
sufficient knowledge and competence to prepare them to teach mathematics
effectively in the Belizean
Primary School
system. This math course surveys many
relevant topics including types of numbers, fractions, decimals, percent, sets,
area, perimeter and the Cartesian plane.